Latvia is 1.14× the size of Togo

Latvia covers about 64,600 km² (24,900 mi²) and Togo about 56,900 km² (22,000 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

64,600km²Latvia
56,900km²Togo

100 km

Latvia
Togo

What fits

Togo is 88% of the size of Latvia.
Latvia is larger by 7,710 km² (2,980 mi²), which is 14% of the area of Togo.
Measured in Belgiums: Latvia is about 2.11, Togo about 1.85.

How they differ

Latvia is larger, but Togo has the larger population: 7.8 million against 1.8 million, 4.23× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 137 in Togo against 29 in Latvia: Togo is 4.80× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 5,760 km apart.
A standard web map misstates the comparison: Latvia at 57°N is drawn about 3.3× too large and Togo at 9°N about 1.0×, so the map shows Latvia as 3.72× the size of Togo instead of 1.14×.
Together Latvia and Togo cover 121,000 km², close to the size of North Korea (122,000 km², 0.8% bigger).
The gap between them, 7,710 km², is about the size of Palestine (6,070 km²).
At Togo's density, Latvia would have 8.9 million people (it has 1.8 million). At Latvia's density, Togo would have 1.6 million (it has 7.8 million).
Latvia's centre is 48.3° of latitude, about 5,380 km, farther north than Togo's.

Who wins on what

Measure	Winner	By
Larger area	Latvia	1.14×
More people	Togo	4.23×
More crowded	Togo	4.80×
Farther north	Latvia	48.3° of latitude
Stretched more on a web map	Latvia	3.3× against 1.0×

Both against the same yardsticks

Yardstick	Latvia	Togo
Belgium 30,700 km²	2.11×	1.85×
United Kingdom 244,000 km²	0.26×	0.23×
Germany 358,000 km²	0.18×	0.16×
Japan 374,000 km²	0.17×	0.15×
France 548,000 km²	0.12×	0.10×
India 3,151,000 km²	0.02×	0.02×
Brazil 8,473,000 km²	0.01×	0.01×
United States 9,447,000 km²	0.01×	0.01×
Russia 16,980,000 km²	1 in 263	1 in 299

Each figure is the place's area divided by the yardstick's.

Side by side

	Latvia	Togo
Area, main territory	64,600 km²24,900 mi²	56,900 km²22,000 mi²
Population	1.8 millionWikidata, 2026	7.8 millionWikidata, 2017
Density	29 per km²	137 per km²
Official area	64,600 km²Wikidata	56,800 km²Wikidata
Capital	Riga	Lomé
Latitude range	56°N to 58°N	6°N to 11°N
Continent	Europe	Africa

Population: Wikidata 2026 and Wikidata 2017, covering each whole country. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

Wikidata's official figure of 64,600 km² agrees with our measured area of 64,600 km², to within 2%.
Wikidata's official figure of 56,800 km² agrees with our measured area of 56,900 km², to within 2%.

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Sources and method

Outlines: Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 0 - Countries, public domain
Boundary: De facto, as drawn by Natural Earth. Main territory: the largest landmass and every part within 1,000 km of it.
Area: Measured on the WGS84 ellipsoid from the full-detail outlines, shown rounded. Comparisons use main-territory area.
Drawing: Each outline is projected with an equal-area projection centred on its own centroid, so areas stay true and the two can be laid over each other.
Data built: 2026-11-11

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